Inside Trump’s Twitter Clone

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🗓️ 15 May 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Trump's Truth Social network was supposed to be the right's answer to Twitter. What happens to the company if Elon takes over?

Guest: Drew Harwell, reporter for the Washington Post

Host: Lizzie O'Leary

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0:00.0	What the hell?
0:06.0	You're kidding me!
0:08.0	I'm a real loser!
0:10.0	Look at this!
0:12.0	You're kidding me!
0:14.0	I don't like this!
0:15.0	Celebrate Italy not qualifying for the football.
0:17.0	With spicy Italian flavors.
0:19.0	The ultimate spicy sausage.
0:21.0	Topped with Endura.
0:23.0	A sausage more fiery than a disappointed Italian fan.
0:26.0	Dominos!
0:28.0	Subject to availability.
0:34.0	Take a guess.
0:36.0	How many times do you think Elon Musk has thrown you off your deadline?
0:39.0	Oh God.
0:42.0	20, 30, 40, and that's just me.
0:45.0	Like, across the newsroom, probably thousands.
0:48.0	Drew Harwell covers technology for the Washington Post.
0:51.0	No one has been as much of a deadline nukeer as, you know,
0:57.0	compared to him as Donald Trump.
0:59.0	Like, he and Donald Trump always throw us off our game.
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